Re: Black Bourbon Cleveland Whiskey

Re: Black Bourbon Cleveland Whiskey

The idea of forced aging has come and gone several times through history; Publicker experimented with it briefly after Repeal, claiming the effects of years of age in a product 24 hours old and advertising with the line "don't fill your stomach from a nasty old keg". Interestingly, Frederick Stitzel had two patents in the late 19th century on the idea. One (US Patent 253,125) agitated the spirit with carbonic gas that had passed through burning charcoal, the other (US Patent 265,344) based itself on the carbonic gas idea but agitated the spirit with oxygen under pressure with heat and electrolysis. (You can see them if you search Google Patents for those numbers.)

Re: Black Bourbon Cleveland Whiskey

If I'm reading the back label correctly, they didn't even distill the stuff. They bought "young bourbon" from a distillery (MGPI?), then did their voodoo on it. I'm looking forward to rndenks' verdict.

Re: Black Bourbon Cleveland Whiskey

I read at some point that Jim Rutledge was involved early, possibly with some bulk whiskey. Not sure who would be supplying them now. If they were doing it themselves, they would need new cooperage which would be expensive if the statement about 6 months in wood was accurate.

They have pics on their FB of a worker filling a mash tub and a Vendome still and they have a DSP listed in the COLA. People have done more to try to look like a real distillery, but that's a heck of an expense if you don't intend to do public tours or actually distill.

I'll have to cruise the street where their facility is located and roll down the windows. If they are mashing/distilling, the telltale smells will be obvious.

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